Inexpensive Area Rugs Authenticate Any Home Decorating Projects
From your approach to the wrap-around porch, and right up the two-story staircase of that charming old country farmhouse, rugs can add historical authenticity and allure to your country home decorating ideas. Rustic-style living is about purity, harmony, modesty, natural beauty, and natural products. With this brand of breezy inspiration at your fingertips, there is no end to the unique approach you can take in creating an environment as unique as the landscape your home is built upon.
Gone are the days when every country dwelling was decorated with the same, dated and clichéd stuff – the sunflower wallpaper borders, the needlepoint wall hangings, the honey oak furnishings, the ceramic hens in the kitchen, the ducks and hearts woodworking items and little hand made knick-knacks in every nook of the home. That era of country home decorating is long over. Today’s country home should be designed to mirror and to celebrate the true distinctiveness of all of its inhabitants. We all can’t be Martha Stewart. Or Abe Lincoln. Or Laura Ingalls-Wilder.
Envision for a minute the sparkling pink florals, splashed casually across a great area rug that was designed from handprinted, Asian-inspired paintings of cherry blossoms. Think this vision of country elegance would cost you a a large sum? Not if you look around from an adventurous designer selection of more than 20,000 discount area rugs available online. Want to take a risk free approach and go back to basics instead? Imagine cotton, or a cotton and wool blends. Both options wear exceptionally well, wash easily, and can live up to the daily routine of farmhouse life for a good, long time. No fuss, no muss – as the saying goes in the country.
In addition to those benefits of cotton blends, the amazing affordability and incredible selection of sizes, colors, and styles available in discount area rugs. You’ve got some choices to decide upon. Whether you need help selecting a certain color or style, or if you want to ask questions about anything from durability to underpadding, the internet is ready to help you. These services can be costly if you work with an interior designer, but online, you can simply browse the country styles at your own pace, and only get help when you want it.
Contrary to what you might think about country homes, genuine country styles can feature damask prints, French toile (garden scenes featuring children and animals), and traditional stripes. Even polka-dots fit the country house decorating bill! Utilize what’s available to you in the room already. Then donate, toss or sell what’s no longer beautiful to you, and put in an area rug or two.
One last word of advice: stay away from being hemmed in by your neighbors’ idea of country. Take a look at some of the most fashionable decorating magazines available in-store or online, and draw inspiration by the country home decorating projects that fill the pages. You’ll be amazed by the scope of imagination, the color, the options, and the affordability of country home decorating projects that can easily transform your rooms!
Furniture Hardware | Jane | 26 February 2009 |
